My Little Pony Friendship is Magic: A Friend in Deed

A/N: Happy April 1st, MLP fans! Time for the final chapter of this story. Now I said that I wasn't going to be able to post on Thursday because of an opening shift at the movie theater, well I managed to get that shift covered when I realized that I would need that day to recover from the root canal work that I'll be dealing with the day after tomorrow. So I will be able to post on Thursday after all.

Now it's time to see what's going on with poor Fluttershy. On with the story!

Read, review, and enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything from My Little Pony: Magic is Friendship. I just own any and all characters that I just happen create.

CHAPTER FOUR: FLUTTERSHY VS IRON WILL

It'd been several days since anypony had seen Fluttershy, so Rarity and Pinkie Pie went to their friend's home, where they were surprised to see that all of the windows and doors had been boarded up. Exchanging perplexed looks, Rarity knocked on the boards covering the door.

"Fluttershy, are you in there?" she asked.

"It's Pinkie Pie and Rarity!" Pinkie Pie added.

`"Go away!"` Fluttershy shouted, her voice was muffled, but her friends could hear that she was upset and scared. `"Go away before nasty Fluttershy strikes again!"`

"Oh, sweetie, we all said things that we regret," Rarity informed the yellow pegasus.

Pinkie Pie looked at the grey unicorn oddly. "We did?" And the grey unicorn hushed her.

Inside her home, Fluttershy was being tied to a chair by Angel, and she sighed. "Pinkie's right," she agreed, looking at her reflection in the mirror. "I'm the only one to blame. But don't worry, I'm never coming out of my house again," she promised. "Everypony will be a lot safer with me and my mean mouth locked away."

"Sweetie," said Rarity, sad that her friend was hurting. "Pinkie Pie doesn't blame you, nor do I. You just received some bad advice from that Iron Will character."

"Yeah!" Pinkie Pie agreed. "He's the one that made you act super-duper nasty. What I mean is, there are other ways to assert yourself besides yelling at everypony," she added.

Rarity nodded. "Yes!" she agreed. "You can stand up for yourself without being unpleasant about it."

`"I-I'm not sure I can,"` Fluttershy admitted, although she was touched by her friends' words. `"I'm too far gone. Whenever I try to assert myself, I become a monster."`

"Oh, sweetie, you're not a monster," Rarity insisted.

"No, but he is," Pinkie Pie yelped, pointing to the approaching minotaur, and they hurried down the path to block him.

The two goats stopped and Iron Will greeted the two ponies. "Iron Will's my name, training ponies is my game," he announced, hopping down and walked past them toward the barred house.

Exchanging a look with the pink pony, Rarity hurried after the minotaur. "What a darling little catchphrase," she complimented.

"Your friend Fluttershy loved Iron Will's catchphrases," Iron Will agreed proudly. "Word on the street is that she doesn't take no guff from nopony! So, Iron Will is here to collect Iron Will's fee." He went up to the house and began ripping the boards off the door.

"Fluttershy is in no shape to deal with that creep!" Pinkie Pie hissed when she caught up.

Agreeing with her friend, Rarity moved around and blocked the minotaur. "I'm sure a big, brave, powerful, and rich monster– I mean, minotaur like you doesn't need that money right away," she suggested in a flirty manner. "You can afford to come back later."

"Are you kidding?" Iron Will asked, picking the grey unicorn up. "Fluttershy is overdue as it is. Iron Will collects now." And he dropped her into a nearby bush before going back to ripping boards off the doors.

Poking her head out of the bush, Rarity spat out some leaves and looked at the pink pony. "Do something!" she hissed.

Nodding, Pinkie Pie hurried up to the minotaur, who was halfway done with removing the boards. "We're not even sure Fluttershy is home right now," she informed him. "Uh, she might be off frolicking with some woodland creatures. Uh, why don't you give us some time to track her down for ya?" she added when he picked her up to remove.

Iron Will thought for a moment. "Iron Will does have some grocery shopping to do," he admitted, setting her on the ground, and headed down the path. "Iron Will will come back this afternoon."

"But that's only half a day," the pink pony pointed out. "We need one full day at least."

Iron Will paused and faced her. "Iron Will will delay for half a day and no longer!" he declared.

"A full day!"

"Half day!"

"Full day!"

"Half day!"

"Half day!"

"Full day!"

"We need half a day and no more!" Pinkie Pie shrieked.

"Well, you'll get a full day and no less!" Iron Will roared, glaring at her.

"Okie-dokie," said the pink pony cheerfully and she trotted. Away. "See you tomorrow."

Iron Will blinked, wondering what just happen. "Wait, what?" he asked and then he heard a faint sneeze from inside the house. "Huh, sounds like the search won't be necessary," he remarked, going back to the door to tear down the remaining boards. "Iron Will collects now."

"But we had an agreement!" Pinkie Pie protested, blocking his way. "You gotta come back tomorrow!"

Iron Will glared at her. ""When somepony tries to block, show them that you rock!"" he roared, picked the pink pony up and she screamed when he dropped her into a mud puddle.

Pinkie Pie sat up and spit mud out of her mouth. She became aware of a tugging on her tail and she saw that the goat stage manager was munching. "Hey!" she snapped, yanking her tail free. "My tail isn't food!"

Iron Will grabbed the remaining boards and ripped them off. "Your payment is overdue, Fluttershy!" he shouted and then he politely knocked on the door. A second later, the door opened and the yellow pegasus stepped out, peering up at him. "You were nothing but a doormat, and Iron Will turned you into a lean, mean, assertive machine!" he declared. "Now, pay Iron Will what you owe Iron Will!"

Rarity and Pinkie Pie ran up to the path to help their friend when, she spoke two words that stopped them in their tracks. "Um, no." And they weren't the only ones surprised, even the two goats were surprised, letting out simultaneous bleats.

Iron Will stared at her, surprised for a long moment. "What did you say?" he demanded.

"No," Fluttershy repeated.

"Ohhh, I'd hate to be you right now," Iron Will growled, using the fences to like the ropes on a wrestling pad, "because Iron Will is gonna to rain down a world of hurt unless Iron Will gets his money pronto!" And he snorted angrily.

Instead of cowering like she normally would, Fluttershy walked out of the house and circled the minotaur. "As I recall, during your workshop you promised one hundred percent satisfaction guaranteed, or you pay nothing," she reminded him. "Well, I'm not satisfied."

"What do you mean you're not satisfied?!" Iron Will demanded angrily. "Everypony has always been satisfied!"

"Well, I guess I'm the first then," the yellow pegasus remarked. "But since I'm not satisfied, I refuse to pay. It's as simple as that."

Taken aback, Iron Will conferred with the two goats, who were bleating, and then he turned back to her. "Ohh, are you… sure you're not just a little bit satisfied?" he asked awkwardly. "B-because maybe… we could cut a deal. I-I mean we're both reasonable creatures, aren't we?"

"I'm sorry, but no means no," Fluttershy said firmly.

Iron Will became thoughtful as he stepped onto the backs of the goats. "No means no, huh? Nopony's ever said that to me before," he remarked as they carried him away. "Huh… I gotta remember that one. That's a good catchphrase for my next workshop." And the goats bleated in agreement.

Once the minotaur was gone, Pinkie Pie ran to the yellow pegasus. "You were amazing, Fluttershy!" she exclaimed. "You totally stood up to that monster!"

"In fact, you didn't change at all!" Rarity agreed, impressed by how their friend had handled the situation. "You were the same old Fluttershy that we've always loved!"

"The one we missed!" the pink pony squealed.

Fluttershy flushed, but she was pleased with how she handled the situation with Iron Will, and she hadn't gone mean at all. 'I guess I did learn something from the seminar after all.' "Don't worry, old Fluttershy's back for good," she promised. "I'm sorry I took the whole assertiveness thing too far. Friends?"

Pinkie Pie and Rarity stared tearing up again, but this time it was tears of happiness. "Friends." And they laughed and hugged.

After removing the boards from the house and the animals returned, Fluttershy fed them and wrote a letter to Princess Celestia.

Dear Princess Celestia,

Sometimes it can be hard for a shy pony like me to stand up for myself, and when I first tried it, I didn't like the pony I became. But I've learned that standing up for yourself isn't the same as changing who you are. Now I know how to put my hoof down without being unpleasant or mean.

Your faithful subject,

Fluttershy

She set the letter aside to send by one of her birds and looked around at the animals, which were happily eating their food – well, all but Angel was happily eating. The white bunny was thumping the floor with his foot, clearly not happy with his salad.

'Here we go again,' Fluttershy thought, walking over to her pet bunny and fixed him with a look. But when Angel glared back, she gave him the stare, and the bunny immediately started eating the salad. Pleased, she gave the letter to one of the birds, which flew off toward Canterlot.

A/N: Yay! Fluttershy is back to normal…well, as normal as any pony can be on this show. Anyway, I will see you all on Thursday with the start of the next episode. Bye for now! R&R everyone!